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Ludwig Leopold Doebler

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Ludwig Leopold Doebler (Döbler or Dobler) (October 4, 1801 - April 18, 1864) born in Vienna, Austria, gave up an apprenticeship in engraving to become a conjurer.

By 1825, Doebler performed for Prince Metternich and Emperor Francis I of Austria. His opening effect was lighting a hundred candles with a single pistol shot. Another signature effect was the "Flora's Flower Bouquet Production", in which he produced numerous flowers from an empty hat.[1]

Doebler became so popular in Vienna that gloves, hats, and neckties were named after him, as well as the street, Doblergasse.

He toured England (1842-1844), Austria, Germany, Russia and France. Dobler retired from the stage in 1848 wanting his fans to remember him at his prime. He bought a large farm, with a handsome mansion in Austria. [2]

One of his students was Harry Marvello and a relative of J. N. Hofzinser. Doebler sparked the interest in magic of his fellow countryman Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser.

References

  1. The Illustrated History of Magic By Milbourne Christopher
  2. History of Conjuring and Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans (1928)

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